Greetings! Dark. That’s how I’d describe Trump’s 25-minute prime time speech last night as he spewed toxic charges challenging the integrity of the nation’s elections.  My take: it’s all designed to provide Trump and his allies with an excuse to call into question the results of the midterm elections, in which Democrats are expected to perform well. And when that happens, troops could be called in and Democracy will hang by a thread. Worth noting: CNN posted an annotated transcript of his speech. Students of autocracy will study it for decades....Song of the day: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes. Here in NYC  as well as parts of the Northeast and Midwest, hazardous smoke from Canadian wildfires are fouling the air.  PJ Media nailed the situation perfectly with this headline: Canada: “Mind If I Smoke?”....Uh oh. Trillionaire Elon Musk is angry.  He slammed Netflix’s supposed “woke” description of the 1939 civil war epic “Gone with the Wind.” (Hollywood in Toto)...Weekend Watches (retro edition): I stumbled across the 2017 Netflix documentary Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins and it’s a winner.  The documentary charts the rollicking professional life of Texas political journalist, raconteur  and  humorist Molly Ivins who died in 2007 at the age of 62.  Her putdowns of George W. Bush will trigger belly laughs. She professed great faith in the wisdom of the voting public and I wonder if she would still hold that belief in the age of Trump. Also worth watching: If you can’t get into director Chris Nolan’s blockbuster epic The Odyssey, which opened today to rave reviews, I recommend Nolan’s 2006 hit The Prestige, about two feuding magicians in Victorian England. Starring Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale, it’s available on Hulu...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard